Direct Tactile Stimulation of Dorsal Occipito-Temporal Cortex in a Visual Agnosic

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1044-1049

  Allen, Harriet A ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOUCH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGNOSIA; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 67349108277     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.04.057     Document Type: Article

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